'즐거운 생활' 교과에 나타난 다문화 교육 내용 분석

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the `Pleasant Life` textbook in the elementary school focused on the perspective of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. The first- and second-grade textbook `Pleasant Life` of the revised 2007 national curriculum was made to serve build up sound body and mind through activities and play together with different products and life culture which is associated with multicultural education. But in the global world that is changing to the multicultural area, the textbook `Pleasant Life` has a tendency to not to be satisfied this current needs. The analysis criterion is made up six elements: understanding culture, self-identify, human equality, conquest of prejudice and collaboration. The results of analysis on contents related to the multicultural education in the elementary `Pleasant Life` textbook for the 1st and 2nd grade are follows. The first, in the plenty of images and pictures, there are not diverse races in the textbook. Yellow race naturally command an overwhelming majority in the textbook images and pictures. Second, the `Pleasant Life` has a few multicultural contents and if teacher would not have will for teaching multicultural contents, he can`t teach multicultural education. Third, `Pleasant Life` textbook has overmuch ethnocentrism contents which is expressed traditional play and folk songs. These contents lead to exclusiveness for other culture to students. In conclusion, it is needed to grow concerns for multicultural education and the national curriculum should offer precise guidelines on the direction and standards of multicultural education.